biography of Misch KOHN (1916-2002)

Birth place: Kokomo, IN

Addresses: Chicago, IL

Profession: Painter, printmaker

Studied: John Herron Art Inst. (B.F.A., 1939); Jose Clemente Oroszco Mendez, Mexico City, 1943.

Exhibited: AIC, 1940, 1943, 1948-51 & 1960; LACMA, 1958-60; Mus. Nat. Art Mod. & Bibliothèque Nat., Paris, 1959; Ford Found. & AFA, 1961 (retrospective); WMAA. Awards: Tamarind fellowship, 1961; prizes, Brooklyn Mus., 1968; prize, Phila. Print Club, 1969

Member: SAGA; Acad. Florence; Print Council Am.; Phila. Print Club.

Work: Bezalel Nat. Mus., Jerusalem; Bibliothèque Nat, Paris, France; Victoria Mus., Melbourne, Australia; MOMA &MMAA; Nat. Gal. Art, LOC & Smithsonian Inst., Wash., DC

Comments: Teaching: Illinois Inst. Techn., 1953-70.

Sources: WW73; Gabor Peterdi, Printmaking: Methods Old and New (Macmillan, 1959); S.W. Hayter, About Prints (Oxford Univ. Press, London, 1962).

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